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Robert Croft
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Robert Damien Bale Croft

Born: 25 May 1970, Morriston, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales
Major Teams: Glamorgan, England.
Known As: Robert Croft
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break


Test Debut: England v Pakistan at The Oval, 3rd Test, 1996
Latest Test:
England v Australia at Nottingham, 3rd Test, 2001

ODI Debut:
England v Pakistan at Manchester, Texaco Trophy, 1996
Latest ODI:
England v Australia at The Oval, NatWest Series, 2001

Robert Croft 2000 Benefit pages.

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (including 02/08/2001)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   21   34   8   421   37*  16.19  36.29   0   0   10   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling             769.5  195  1825   49  37.24  5-95    1   0  94.2  2.37

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (including 21/06/2001)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   50   36  12   345   32   14.37  66.47   0   0   11   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling             411     25  1743   45  38.73  3-51    0   0  54.8  4.24

FIRST-CLASS
 (1989 - 2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  266  386  75  7927  143   25.48   3  37  134   0

                      O       R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling            9551.5 26103  716  36.45  8-66   31   5  80.0  2.73

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (1989 - 2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  306  248  55  4394  119   22.76   2  19   75   0

                      O       R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling            2391.1 10023  317  31.61  6-20    5   1  45.2  4.19

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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Born in 1970, Robert Croft made his Glamorgan debut in 1989 and soon won a regular place in the Welsh county's side as Rodney Ontong was forced into retirement by injury. The Welsh-speaking youngster was chosen for the England A tour to the West Indies in 1991/92. The following summer he won his county cap after taking 68 wickets during the season, including 8-66 (and match figures of 14-169) against Warwickshire at Swansea. He went on the England A tour to South Africa in 1993/94, and developed into a true all-rounder, as testified by a career-best 143 against Somerset at Taunton in 1995 and a series of aggressive innings in limited overs games.

Croft was included in the England side for the Final Test of the 1996 summer against Pakistan at The Oval. A steady performance led to a place on the 1996/97 tour to Zimbabwe and New Zealand, where he turned in some fine performances in both the Tests and one day games. He helped England to a series win over the Kiwis, and he held his place for the 1997 Ashes series.

To Croft's delight, Glamorgan became County Champions in 1997 and he then spent the 1997/98 winter on tour with the England side in Sharjah and the West Indies. He had limited opportunities in the Caribbean, but returned to the England side for the first three Tests of the series with the South Africans. He was unlucky not to pick up some wickets, and despite a courageous and match-saving innings of 37* in the Third Test at Old Trafford, Croft was dropped from the England Test side. He returned for the one-day triangular series with the Springboks and the Sri Lankans, and featured in the One Day Triangular series with Australia and Sri Lanka after being overlooked for a regular place in the England side during the 1998/99 Ashes tour. Even so, he still managed to equal the club record for Test appearances when he won his 15th cap during the Ashes series.

In March 1999, Croft was named in England`s party for the World Cup, and later became the first home-grown Glamorgan player to feature in the competition. However, he missed out on a place in the England side in the Test series with New Zealand, and the winter tour to South Africa. After one appearance in the 2000 series against the West Indies (in the drawn Test at Old Trafford), Croft was left out of the touring party for Pakistan, but recalled for the 2001 tour of Sri Lanka.

Croft's only England appearance the following summer came in the third Ashes Test at Trent Bridge where he bowled the princely sum of three overs, but still managed to take the wicket of Ricky Ponting. Despite missing out on the last two Tests of the series, he was selected in the original Test squad for the winter tours to India and New Zealand. However the terrorist attacks on America of September 11th and subsequent military action in Afghanistan prompted security concerns amongst several of the players. After the ECB left it to individuals to make up their minds whether to tour India, Croft decided not to do so, and he was subsequently left out of the party to tour New Zealand. He has not played international cricket since. (Copyright CricInfo October 2002)

* Last Updated: Saturday, 09-Nov-2002 07:22:08 GMT


 
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